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HOETICULTURE 



September 11, 1915 



memory. He made some noise in his 

 day and generation, and the beauty of 

 it is, it wa.s all for the benefit of man- 

 kinrl. GEORtiE C. Watsojj. 



FROM ROBERT CRAIG. 



Edwin Lonsdale will be remembered 

 as one who had a great fund of infor- 

 mation in all lines of horticulture, 

 which he was always ready cheerfully 

 to impart to ready listeners. He de- 

 lighted to instruct young gardeners in 

 the intricate processes of how to hy- 

 bridize and to graft in the different 

 methods with the best stocks for the 

 various subjects. He had a hobby for 

 importing, as soon as offered, any new 

 plant that had promise of merit, so 

 that his place at Chestnut Hill was 

 always of interest to those who wished 

 to see the latest introductions. As a 

 man he had more good qualities than 

 any one I ever knew. He was honor- 

 able, unselfish and always cheerful, 

 although he had, in late years, to drink 

 deeply of the cup of sorrow. He left 

 for his friends a rich legacy of 

 pleasant memories. 

 Philadelphia. Robt. Craiq. 



FROM JOHN WESTCOTT. 



It is with deep sorrow that I write 

 these few lines in memoriam, I and 

 others having lost by death our dear 

 old friend and companion, Xed Lons- 

 dale. It was my privilege and pleasure 

 to have known him for a great many 

 years, not only in a business way, but 

 socially. He was honest and true, and 

 with his happy smile and sunny dis- 

 position it was always a real pleasure 

 to meet him. He helped to brighten 

 many a corner where he was, and the 

 sincere and fervent prayer of one of 

 his old chums is that he and the ones 

 that he loved may find and occupy a 

 bright and happy corner in Heaven. 

 John Westcott. 



Philadelj)liia. 



Obituary 



George F. Thomas. 



Salem, Mass., Sept. 7. — George F. 

 Thomas, aged 75, was found lifeless in 

 bed at his home, 23 Southwick street, 

 today. He was a gardener. Three 

 daughters and three sons survive him. 



Thomas Alfred Hewitt Rivers. 

 British horticulture has lately lost 

 one of its best known men in the death 

 of T. A. H. Rivers, of the firm of Riv- 

 ers & Son, nurserymen, Sawbridge- 

 worth, Herts. Deceased, who was in 

 his 52nd year, was the eldest son of 

 the late Thos. Francis Rivers. In 

 1886 he went to Colorado, U. S. A., 

 where he spent eight years in ranch- 

 ing and mining. In 1894 he returned 

 to Sawbridgeworth and took an ac- 

 tive part in the business. Mr. Rivers 

 skillfully followed in the footsteps of 

 his father and grandfather, who had 

 done so much to forward the British 

 fruit growing industry in the raising of 

 new varieties. He was a member of 

 the Management Committee of the 

 Horticultural Clulj, and had acted as 

 a steward at the festival of the Gar- 

 deners' Royal Benevolent Institution, 

 besides usefully filling a number of 

 public offices in his own particular 

 district.— W. H. A. 



The Flower Show which is being 

 held in Rochester in connection with 

 the Rochester Industrial Exposition is 

 making an excellent record. 



Building No. 5 where the Floricul- 

 tural Exhibit is held, lends itself par- 

 ticularly well to artistic treatment. 

 The building is 100 ft. in width and a 

 clear span, the roof being supported 

 by an arched trussing and the center 

 portion of the roof itself is glass. The 

 trussing is most artistically decorated 

 with smilax and large quantities have 

 been used in this decoration. Sus- 

 pended from each truss are great bas- 

 kets covered with smilax and artificial 

 wisteria. The side walls are masses 

 of smilax and at each column are 

 grouped a profusion of arborvitae. For 

 the background the color scheme is 

 beautiful as the difference in the two 

 tones of green gives a very artistic 

 effect. 



As visitors enter the building from 

 the main entrance, they are confronted 

 with a beautiful display by the 

 Rochester Park Board. It is of pyra- 

 mid effect built up with palms, bed- 

 ding plants, with a border of begonias, 

 ferns and sod and the effect is most 

 pleasing. Immediately to the right 

 and at the end of the hall is a display 

 by Schle,2el & Sons who have a minia- 

 ture pool well grouped with foliage, 

 plants anrl palms. Farther along a 

 very large and elaborate exhibit is 

 made by James Vicks' Sons. Artisti- 

 cally grouped here are gladioli in beds, 

 cannas in beds, dahlias, asters, per- 

 ennial plants, annuals, flowering bulbs, 

 etc. This exhibit has a riot of color 

 and presefits a splendid effect. 



On the left are the exhibits of John 

 House and Frank Lavigne, showing 

 foliage and flowering plants. Next to 

 them is the display of Jacob Thomann 

 & Sons. Their exhibit of gladioli and 

 particularly the "Rochester White" 

 for which they took a silver cup from 

 Cleveland, is a work of art. A bed of 

 "Rochester White" circular in shape, 

 is the foremost and center feature. 

 George Boucher has an excellent ex- 

 hibit of palms, foliage plants, ferns, 

 etc., grouped in pyramid form with 

 baskets of blooms to lend a touch of 

 color. Next comes H. B. Wilson with 

 foliage plants, palms, etc., massed. 

 They are showing design work each 

 day representing the different classes 

 of this type of work which they do. 

 Their floral horseshoe at the opening 

 of the horse show elicited much pleas- 

 ing comment. All the foregoing ex- 

 hibitors are of Rochester. 



Immediately in the center of the 

 horticultural exhibit is an immense 

 fountain filled with aquatic plants, by 

 H. A. Dreer of Philadelphia. This ex- 

 hibit is the center of attraction, as the 

 basin is some 30 ft. in width, built 

 up with rocks and richly colored foli- 

 age plants, from the center of which 

 the fountain flows. The adjoining ex- 

 hibit is also H. A. Dreer's and is com- 

 posed entirely of decorative plants, 

 palms, pandanus, dracaenas, ferns and 

 crotons, with a profusion of cibotiums. 

 R. & J. Parquhar & Co. of Boston 

 occupy most of the space in the center 



dividing the flower exhibit from the 

 fruit and vegetable section. They 

 show paintings of their new Lilium 

 myriophyllum. Their exhibit of scotch 

 heather is attracting quite a little 

 attention. A. N. Pierson of Cromwell, 

 Conn, is showing cut roses, ferns, etc. 

 A most pleasing display of J. B. 

 Keller & Sons. Rochester, consists of 

 palms, decorative plants, roses in bas- 

 kets, etc., the center feature being a 

 table with a miniature fountain in 

 the center and small favor decorations, 

 etc. The Burt Olney Greenhouses, Al- 

 bion, N. Y.. show two massive beds of 

 geraniums and numerous vases of 

 roses. Their display is a demonstra- 

 tion of what can be done in the rose 

 line in the lake country. 



-Next to J. B. Keller's Sons come 

 the exhibits of George B. Hart of 

 Rochester and Ed. Brockman of Iron- 

 dequoit, Mr. Hart showing flowering 

 plants, decorative stuff, cut flowers, 

 etc., a beautiful display. Mr. Brock- 

 man is showing geraniums and vari- 

 ous flowering plants which form a 

 tastefully gotten up color scheme. 



The Sunnyside Dahlia Farms show 

 some of their new dahlias. Salter 

 Bros., Rochester, make unique displays 

 of baskets, together with cut flowers, 

 small ferns, palms, etc. The Crescent 

 Seed Farms show some splendid asters, 

 and John Lewis Childs has a good dis- 

 play of plants, decorative material, etc. 

 C. Kuer & Son make a display of bulbs, 

 etc., with Thomas Cogger in charge. 

 F. R. Pierson has, as usual, a fine ex- 

 hibit of ferns, plants, etc. 



Table decorations are being arrang- 

 ed each day by the various local 

 florists, during the entire time of the 

 Exposition. 



The attendance at the Exposition has 

 lieen very large and one can hear 

 pleasing comments for the two big 

 departments, the Horse Show and the 

 Flower Show. 



TEXAS STATE FLOWER SHOW. 



Committees tor the Texas State 

 Flower Show, to be held in Houston, 

 Tex., from November 17 to 20th, 1915, 

 inclusive, have been appointed as fol- 

 lows: 



R. C. Kerr, geueral rhairm.Tn; A L. 

 Pi-rrin, secretary; P. .M. Carroll, treasurer. 



Ti-ade Display— W. ,T. Baker. Ft. Worth, 

 cliairman: H. O. Hannah, Sherman; Chas. 

 AlIT, .Ir.. Austin. 



E.\Iiibition and Hall— C. L. Brock, Hous- 

 ton, chairman ; A. F. Koehle, Sherman ; 

 Bird Forrest, Waxabachie; B. E. Stone, 

 Dickinson. 



Premiums and .Tudges — Tom Wolf, 

 Waco, chairman; Ed. Hall, Austin; J E. 

 -McAdam, Ft. Worth. 



-Admission — P. M. Carroll. Houston, 

 chairman; A. L. Perrin, Houston; C. H. 

 Blecker, Houston. 



Publicity — S. J. Mitchell, Houston, 

 chairman; L. J. Tackett. Ft. Worth; Louis 

 Oesoh. Dallas. 



Amateur Exhibits— E. G. Hewitt, Hous- 

 ton, chairman; W. T. Hauser, Houston; 

 H. Dirken, Houston. 



Entertainment — H. H. Kuhlmann. Sr., 

 Houston, chairman; and all members of 

 the Houston Florists' Club. 



Decorations — H. H. Kublniann, Jr., 

 chairman; John J. Boyle. Houston; Mrs. 

 M. A. Hansen, Galveston ; Jlrs. F. L. 

 Cotney. 



The premium list and other data 

 will follow shortly. 



